Triple galaxy with a blue one in the centre

• by Orion05

  I'm quite new to this, but after 100's of "normal" looking images this one blew me away, what is going on here? Why is the centre galazy blue?

  Posted November 28, 2012 10:28 PM

• by williamaskew

  these are stars

  Posted November 28, 2012 10:31 PM

• by Orion05

  Oh, OK, so is the blue object in the centre also a star?

  Posted November 28, 2012 10:34 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  probably ! 😉

  Posted November 28, 2012 10:35 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  The blue colour is probably not an artifact:

  

  Posted February 24, 2015 5:31 PM